Information Science at University of Colorado Boulder

If you plan to study information science, take a look at what University of Colorado Boulder has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and has a total student population of 37,437.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

CU - Boulder Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS
• Master’s Degree in IS

CU - Boulder Information Science Rankings

The is major at CU - Boulder is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in is. This makes the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IS Student Demographics at CU - Boulder

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the is majors at University of Colorado Boulder.

CU - Boulder Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of is bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical is bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at CU - Boulder since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in is at CU - Boulder are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor's in is.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	33
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CU - Boulder Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of is master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% women graduate in is each year. CU - Boulder does a better job at serving the female population as it supports 15% more women than average.

Of the students who received a is master's degree from CU - Boulder, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Colorado Boulder with a master's in is.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Information Science

Information Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Colorado Boulder. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	37

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Science

Careers That IS Grads May Go Into

A degree in is can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CO, the home state for University of Colorado Boulder.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Computer Workers	16,440	$102,470
Systems Software Developers	11,170	$124,410
Computer and Information Systems Managers	7,600	$164,220
Computer Science Professors	560	$84,260
Computer and Information Research Scientists	480	$121,180

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By University of Colorado at Boulder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.